Science meets music: Dedicated to mangroves!
26/07/2021 | ZMT is gearing up for a musical premiere as former bachelor student Tobias Poprick aka “Biyotob” releases a new music track in collaboration with mangrove ecologist Prof. Dr. Martin Zimmer. The piece titled „Laguncularia“ is the opening track of...
Coral reefs in crisis: researchers call for urgent action
20/07/2021 | This text is currently only available in German… Eine internationale Gruppe von Forschenden, die Tausende von Korallenwissenschaftlerinnen und -wissenschaftlern auf der ganzen Welt vertritt, fordert weltweit neue verpflichtende Maßnahmen auf...
Anthropocene urges joining the expertise – Leibniz institutions launch novel research initiative
20/07/2021 | Scientists from a wide range of disciplines from Leibniz Association institutions – inclduing ZMT – are launching an initiative for "Integrated Earth System Research". Together with partners from Germany, Europe and other countries, they will...
ZMT postdoc Aisa Manlosa honoured for her dissertation by Leuphana University Lüneburg
14/07/2021 | Dr Aisa Manlosa, a postdoctoral researcher in ZMT’s working group “Institutions and Behavioural Economics”, has been awarded the “Promotionspreis” (PhD Award) for her doctoral thesis by Leuphana University Lüneburg. Dr Manlosa graduated from...
Microbial communities in coastal sediments
29/06/2021 | Recently published by Elsevier is the first textbook on microbial communities in coastal sediments, a collaborative project between the ZMT and the University of Kerala in South India. “Microbial Communities in Coastal Sediments” presents twenty...
UN Ocean Decade: Virtual Session on Co-Design in Ocean Research
28/06/2021 | The upcoming 10 years are crucial for a healthy ocean. The UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) is calling for a transformative research process and placing emphasis on the importance of co-design. In cooperation with...
MARE People and the Sea Conference
25/06/2021 | On Monday, the eleventh MARE People and the Sea Conference begins. This year it is titled "Limits to Blue Growth". More than 600 scientists will meet for a week in a virtual space. There are more than 400 presentations from the field of marine...
Registration now open for Online IOI Summer School (6 - 17 September)
25/06/2021 | The Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) has joined forces with the International Ocean Institute (IOI) and the German Development Institute (GDI) to host a summer school on the topic of "Ocean Governance for Sustainable Marine...
Confirmed as family-friendly: ZMT receives "audit berufundfamilie" certificate for the second time
23/06/2021 | The Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) has been awarded the "audit berufundfamilie" certificate for the second time for its family- and life-phase-conscious personnel policy. On 22 June, the research institute’s commitment was...
Exhibition: Coral reefs - diverse. vulnerable. lost?
18/06/2021 | From 21.5.2021 to 10.7.2022 the Übersee-Museum Bremen shows an exhibition accompanying the 14th/15th International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS) 2021/22. The ZMT lent one of its exhibits to the Übersee-Museum: a virtual coral reef that can be...